Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson joined TRAX in 1990 and serves as vice president and program manager of their Mission Test Support Services contract at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, AZ.

Thompson served in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years as a radar technician. In 1988, he began his career in support of the ARMY’s RDT&E mission with DynCorp International at YPG, while working as a technician in the LASER Tracking section supporting the mission with cross-utilization throughout the contract. In 1996, he began the initial contract support for the Metrology and Simulation Division by developing new instrumentation systems for testing various munition and weapon components in real and simulated environments. From 2000 through 2013, he began leading the Automotive Instrumentation Support group and led the development of new instrumentation systems and capabilities to meet automotive testing requirements. He also served as the Electronics Group Manager and Instrumentation Operations Manager while developing threat instrumentation and automation capabilities for the counter IED testing effort at YPG.

He holds a master’s in computer software engineering from the University of Maryland University College.